Direct and Indirect Household Energy Consumption in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 869-870 ◽  
pp. 844-847
Author(s):  
Zhi Jie Li ◽  
Zhong Ying Qi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Clean Coal ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Household Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Industrial Energy ◽  
Urban Energy ◽  
Coal Technology ◽  
Industrial Energy Consumption ◽  
Urban Energy Consumption

Nowadays, China has paid much attention to industrial energy consumption. In fact, household energy consumption, close related to everyones daily life, is playing a more and more important role. In this paper, we utilize input-output model to obtain the value of indirect household energy consumption. We find out the structures of direct and indirect consumption and the gap between rural and urban energy consumption. The results show that the energy consumption structure is cleaner than before, and the gap between rural and urban energy consumption is narrowing. We make the suggestions that clean coal technology is badly needed and supplying more natural gas is helpful.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing Household Energy Metabolism: A Methodological Contribution

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adél Strydom ◽  
Josephine Kaviti Musango ◽  
Paul K. Currie
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
National Level ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Urban Metabolism ◽  
Level Energy ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Household Energy Consumption ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Urban Energy

Urban metabolism assessments enable the quantification of resource flows, which is useful for finding intervention points for sustainability. At a household level, energy metabolism assessments can reveal intervention points to reshape household energy consumption and inform decision-makers about a more sustainable urban energy system. However, a gap in the current urban metabolism research reveals that existing household energy consumption studies focus on outflows in the form of greenhouse gas emissions, and have been mostly undertaken at the city or national level. To address this gap, this study developed a method to assess household energy metabolism focusing on direct energy inflows in the form of carriers, and through-flows in the form of services, to identify intervention points for sustainability. Then, this method was applied to assess the energy metabolism of different households in Cape Town, South Africa, as categorized by income groups. The study argued that the developed method is useful for undertaking bottom–up household energy metabolic assessments in both formal and informal city settings in which more than one energy carrier is used. In cities where only national or city-level data exists, it provides a method for understanding how different households consume different energy carriers differently.

scholarly journals Reduced health burden and economic benefits of cleaner fuel usage from household energy consumption across rural and urban China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenxi Lu ◽  
Shaohui Zhang ◽  
Chang Tan ◽  
Yun Li ◽  
Zhu Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Integrated Assessment Model ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Household Energy Consumption ◽  
Premature Deaths ◽  
Rural And Urban

Abstract Energy consumption in the residential sector is increasing rapidly in China. This study applies an integrated assessment model to investigate the adverse impacts of household energy consumption by various fuel types across rural and urban areas on age- and sex- specific premature deaths associated with PM2.5 pollution at provincial levels for 2015. We further estimate the economic and health co-benefits of a switch from solid fuels to electricity within households. We find that energy consumed by Chinese urban households was nearly 1.8 times than that of rural households. However, premature deaths due to household energy usage was 1.1 times higher in rural areas compared to urban areas due to direct use of coal for heating in rural households. The majority of household consumption-related premature deaths are predominately in the Southern area of China due to the population size and aging population. By replacing coal and biomass with electricity, this paper estimates economic benefits equal to 0.09% (95% CI: 0.08%-0.1%) GDP for rural areas and 0.006% (0.005%-0.007%) of GDP for urban areas of China. The results suggest that mitigation measures such as the promotion and subsidization of cleaner fuels, modern stove within rural households would yield these potential significant economic benefits.

scholarly journals Peaking Industrial Energy-Related CO2 Emissions in Typical Transformation Region: Paths and Mechanism

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 791
Author(s):  
Zhiyuan Duan ◽  
Xian’en Wang ◽  
Xize Dong ◽  
Haiyan Duan ◽  
Junnian Song
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Clean Coal ◽  
Industrial Energy ◽  
Industrial Energy Consumption ◽  
Peak Value

Reducing CO2 emissions of industrial energy consumption plays a significant role in achieving the goal of CO2 emissions peak and decreasing total CO2 emissions in northeast China. This study proposed an extended STIRPAT model to predict CO2 emissions peak of industrial energy consumption in Jilin Province under the four scenarios (baseline scenario (BAU), energy-saving scenario (ESS), energy-saving and low-carbon scenario (ELS), and low-carbon scenario (LCS)). We analyze the influences of various factors on the peak time and values of CO2 emissions and explore the reduction path and mechanism to achieve CO2 emissions peak in industrial energy consumption. The results show that the peak time of the four scenarios is respectively 2026, 2030, 2035 and 2043, and the peak values are separately 147.87 million tons, 16.94 million tons, 190.89 million tons and 22.973 million tons. Due to conforming to the general disciplines of industrial development, the result in ELS is selected as the optimal scenario. The impact degrees of various factors on the peak value are listed as industrial CO2 emissions efficiency of energy consumption > industrialized rate > GDP > urbanization rate > industrial energy intensity > the share of renewable energy consumption. But not all factors affect the peak time. Only two factors including industrial clean-coal and low-carbon technology and industrialized rate do effect on the peak time. Clean coal technology, low carbon technology and industrial restructuring have become inevitable choices to peak ahead of time. However, developing clean coal and low-carbon technologies, adjusting the industrial structure, promoting the upgrading of the industrial structure and reducing the growth rate of industrialization can effectively reduce the peak value. Then, the pathway and mechanism to reducing industrial carbon emissions were proposed under different scenarios. The approach and the pathway and mechanism are expected to offer better decision support to targeted carbon emission peak in northeast of China.

Rural household energy consumption and its implications for eco-environments in NW China: A case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hewen Niu ◽  
Yuanqing He ◽  
Umberto Desideri ◽  
Peidong Zhang ◽  
Hongyi Qin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Nw China ◽  
Household Energy Consumption

scholarly journals Technological Energy Efficiency Improvements in Cement Industries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3810
Author(s):  
Alessandra Cantini ◽  
Leonardo Leoni ◽  
Filippo De Carlo ◽  
Marcello Salvio ◽  
Chiara Martini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cement Industry ◽  
Cement Plant ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Industrial Energy ◽  
Industrial Energy Consumption ◽  
Alternative Solutions

The cement industry is highly energy-intensive, consuming approximately 7% of global industrial energy consumption each year. Improving production technology is a good strategy to reduce the energy needs of a cement plant. The market offers a wide variety of alternative solutions; besides, the literature already provides reviews of opportunities to improve energy efficiency in a cement plant. However, the technology is constantly developing, so the available alternatives may change within a few years. To keep the knowledge updated, investigating the current attractiveness of each solution is pivotal to analyze real companies. This article aims at describing the recent application in the Italian cement industry and the future perspectives of technologies. A sample of plant was investigated through the analysis of mandatory energy audit considering the type of interventions they have recently implemented, or they intend to implement. The outcome is a descriptive analysis, useful for companies willing to improve their sustainability. Results prove that solutions to reduce the energy consumption of auxiliary systems such as compressors, engines, and pumps are currently the most attractive opportunities. Moreover, the results prove that consulting sector experts enables the collection of updated ideas for improving technologies, thus giving valuable inputs to the scientific research.

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